'Ein Briefwechsel', Privatdruck, Muenchen 1959, describing the life of Josef Sebastian Cammerer and Froehlich's sister, here called Teja. Wilhelmsgymnasium . 'Die glaeserne Wand'

This collection contains the papers of Hans Froehlich, a lawyer and later social worker. A dominant topic throughout the collection is the experience of prosecution and death of loved ones, and, connected with that, the lifelong struggle for restitution and compensation. At the same time, his professional life as a social worker as well as his personal interests and hobbies are reflected in the correspondence, printed material and personal writing found in the collection

Dr. Hans David Froehlich was born on August 31, 1895 in Beuthen, Oberschlesien (Bytom, Poland) to the pharmacist Bernhard and his wife Rosa Fröhlich. In 1899, the family moved to Munich where Hans went to Gymnasium, graduating in 1914. After serving in WWI from 1914 until 1918, he studied law in Munich and acquired his doctoral degree at the University in Erlangen in 1925. On August 11, 1921 he married Margarethe Jacoby, usually referred to as Grete. After several years of practicing law in Munich, Hans Froehlich and his wife left Nazi Germany for Italy in 1936 and from there immigrated to the United States in 1939. Having settled in New York City, he acquired a Master in Social Work and taught at Hunter College. During the Nazi rule, his parents committed suicide by poison, while his sister Gertrud, with the help of Josef Sebastian Cammerer, went into hiding in Tutzing near Munich where she died on February 11, 1942. - His wife faced emotional problems and died on July 19, 1977. Hans Froehlich suffered from diabetes, which increasingly disabled him. He moved to the Margaret Tietz Nursing Home, where he died in 1979 (?). He is buried in Ridgewood, Queens

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